| Year: | 2006 |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Shortconference: | C-USA |
| Division: | I |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Format: | Eight-team double-elimination tournament |
| Ballpark: | Reckling Park |
| City: | Houston, Texas |
| Champions: | Rice |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Wayne Graham |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Joe Savery |
| Mvpteam: | Rice |
The 2006 Conference USA baseball tournament was the 2006 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas, from May 24 - May 28, 2006. Rice won the tournament in its first year as a member of the conference, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.[1]
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 22 | 2 | .917 | -- | 1 | ||
| Houston | 18 | 6 | .750 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Tulane | 15 | 9 | .625 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Memphis | 13 | 11 | .542 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Southern Miss | 13 | 11 | .542 | 9 | 5 | ||
| East Carolina | 10 | 14 | .417 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Marshall | 6 | 18 | .250 | 16 | 7 | ||
| UAB | 6 | 18 | .250 | 16 | 8 | ||
| UCF | 5 | 19 | .208 | 17 | -- |
| Finish | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed | Eliminated By | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice† | 4 | 0 | 0 | .1000 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Houston# | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2 | Rice | |
| 3 | Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 4 | Rice | |
| 4 | Tulane# | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3 | Houston | |
| 5 | Southern Miss# | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 5 | Memphis | |
| 6 | East Carolina | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 6 | Tulane | |
| 7 | UAB | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 8 | Rice | |
| 8 | Marshall | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | Tulane | |
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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| Position | Player | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Ty Wallace | Tulane | |
| IF | Greg Buchanan | Rice | |
| IF | Isa Garcia | Houston | |
| IF | Michael Murray | Memphis | |
| IF | Joe Savery | Rice | |
| OF | Jordan Dodson | Rice | |
| OF | Will Petersen | Memphis | |
| OF | Jake Stewart | Houston | |
| DH/UT | Brad Lincoln | Houston | |
| P | Bobby Bell | Rice | |
| P | Bryce Cox | Rice | |
| P | Luis Flores | Houston | |
| P | Shane Mathews | East Carolina | |
| MVP | Joe Savery | Rice |